Biden Must Love the Taste of His Foot, Since He Sticks It into His Mouth So Often

From Fox News (via NationalReview.com and Instapundit), we learn that Vice President-Elect Joseph Biden can't seem to stop displaying his pompous foolishness.

In a blunt, unapologetic interview on "FOX News Sunday," [Vice President Richard] Cheney fired back at Biden for declaring in October that "Vice President Cheney has been the most dangerous vice president we've had probably in American history."

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"Joe's been chairman of the Judiciary Committee, a member of the Judiciary Committee in the Senate for 36 years, teaches constitutional law back in Delaware, and can't keep straight which article of the Constitution provides for the legislature and which provides for the executive. So I think I'd write that off as campaign rhetoric. I don't take it seriously."

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Biden bit back, however, in a dueling Sunday morning interview that aired on ABC's "This Week" in which he said he stood by his statements.

"His notion of a unitary executive, meaning that, in time of war, essentially all power, you know, goes to the executive, I think is dead wrong. I think it was mistaken. I think it caused this administration, in adopting that notion, to overstep its constitutional bounds, but, at a minimum, to weaken our standing in the world and weaken our security. I stand by that -- that judgment," Biden said.

Biden has a way of sounding intelligent, right up until the time you start to think about what he actually says. So it is in this case, notes NRO's Shannen Coffin.

Well, once again, Mr. Biden, that's no one's notion of the unitary executive except confused Democrats. The unitary executive is simply a recognition, from the first sentence of Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, that the "executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America." For the umpteenth time, it is not a theory that the president's power is somehow enhanced, at the expense of Congress, during wartime. It is merely a recognition that there is only one (i.e., uni-tary) executive and that any efforts by Congress to give executive authority to someone other than the President is unconstitutional. It is not a theory about the balance of power between the branches, but a statement about the authority of the president within the Executive Branch. The "notion" that a "unitary executive" means that "in time of war, essentially all power, goes to the executive," is indeed dead wrong. But it's Biden's misconception of that theory that is wrong, not Cheney's.

Over at Instapundit, Glenn Reynolds gets the award for most accurate and succinct summary of the exchange.

ALSO, SUN RISES IN EAST: Joe Biden makes fool of himself on Constitution again.

Coming Soon: Obama on Velvet!

Call this one "The Stupidity of Obama Disciples."



As if the schmaltzy pseudo-art isn't laughable enough, check out the press release from the alleged artist, who is only slightly less self-aggrandizing than the preening subject of his alleged art.

Christopher Shannon Art today announced the release of the limited edition of his latest work "Change in America". This limited edition drawing takes the theme and slogan of the most significant event in American political history and presents it in a most literal sense.

Oh brother. I can think of a dozen political events that were more significant, and that's before considering anything after the turn of the 19th century. Constitution, anyone?

President Elect Obama is centered in the middle of The United States of America that unanimously elected him as their 44th President.

Main Entry: unan·i·mous
Pronunciation:
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin unanimus, from unus one + animus mind — more at ONE, ANIMATE
Date: 1624
1 : being of one mind : AGREEING
2 : formed with or indicating unanimity : having the agreement and consent of all
— unan·i·mous·ly adverb

Obama: 66,882,230 votes, 365 electoral votes, 28 states
McCain: 58,343,671 votes, 173 electoral votes, 22 states

And where, oh where, are Alaska and Hawaii on this "limited edition work?" Obama has been known to add extra states from time to time, but that's no excuse for taking away two of them now.

"Obama's eyes literally look as if they will blink at you at any moment," says Jason Scott, DC area resident and private art collector.

A Reason commenter said it best: "Yes, I can see the mind-bending significance of a picture of someone not currently blinking implying that, at some future moment, a blink will occur. Unlike the rest of us mortals, whose eyes get drier and drier ..."

"There are lots of depictions of Obama out there; my goal is to not just present the man; but the message in a way that provokes thought and reflection on what this really means."

What provokes thought and reflection for me is the depiction of Obama's profile on the penny. Let's see... Obama = change... change = money... the penny is changed... Maybe what this really means is that the only change this president will bring is the counterfeit kind.

(Note: Yes, I realize there is much, much more to laugh at in the rest of the press release. I have only so much time.)

Chicago Politics? I Don't Know What You Mean

This guy uses more words to say less than possibly any other active politician today.



Someone please introduce him to the words "yes" and "no."

Me Speaks Inglish Good

Technically, this isn't the stupidity of Obama/Biden, but it was Obama who selected the grammatically-challenged Arne Duncan as his Secretary of Education. (Hat tip: Andrew Breitbart.)



Transcript:

I want to thank our mutual friend John Rogers, who has been a mentor and friend to me since I was ten years gold. He gave my sister and I the opportunity to start a great school on the south side of Chicago, and that has become a model for success in urban education.

Maybe Obama should have picked the teacher who misspelled "potato" on Dan Quayle's spelling bee cue card (or the superintendent who applauded the child for adding "e" to the end).

To Shave or Not to Shave? That Is the Question

This is precisely the sort of serious issue Barack Obama was elected to tackle. The economy? Energy independence? National security? Hell no, we're talking about facial hair.

Gov. Bill Richardson showed up to his press conference with President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday morning without the beard he has been sporting since dropping out of the presidential race in January, sparking his new boss to tell reporters he is "deeply disappointed with the loss of the beard."

No doubt Americans from sea to shining sea are relieved to see the future commander-in-chief concerning himself with such pressing matters.

Being Able to Count Is Highly Overrated

Here's an oldie but a goodie, from a Joe Biden campaign appearance in Athens, Ohio, on October 16.



Transcript:

Look, John's last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack say, a three-letter word — Jobs. J-O-B-S. Jobs.

I'm not sure what's more pathetic: that Biden said it, or that the clueless lemmings behind him applauded.

All Hail Obama!

Yesterday, I wrote:

What's next, the inaugural crown?

Apparently, I wasn't the first person to think of it. Time magazine's Nancy Gibbs (a.k.a. Mother Goose) thought of it first:

Some princes are born in palaces. Some are born in mangers. But a few are born in the imagination, out of scraps of history and hope. [...] We are the ones we've been waiting for, [Obama] liked to say, but people were waiting for him, waiting for someone to finish what a King began.

Indeed, just like a prince or a king (as opposed to King, who must be turning in his grave right now over such pomposity), Obama is ready to rule. Not govern, not lead, but — according to Valerie Jarrett, co-chair of the Obama-Biden transition team, speaking to NBC's Tom Brokaw — rule.



Here's a transcript of the clip (emphasis mine):

Brokaw: What's the working model? Are you going to try to be a shadow government, or just a very interested spectator off to the side?

Jarrett: Well, it's a good question. There is one president at a time. President Bush is still the president. He has graciously invited President-elect Obama to the White House tomorrow to begin their conversations of the transition. So we respect that. He will be the President until January 20. However, given really the daunting challenges that we face, it's important that President-elect Obama is prepared to really take power and begin to rule day one. So we will be working closely with [this/his] administration. We're reviewing the agencies now. He will be making key personnel decisions. He gets national security briefings every day now as well. But he will not be the President until January 20.

Just think, four years of this hilarity. Does the fun never end?

If It Isn't There, Make It Up

First it was the official Presidential-Wanna-Be seal, featuring the eagle who ate the really big doughnut thinking it was a 'possum.



Now we have the official web site of the official (though non-existent) Office of the President-Elect.



What's next, the inaugural crown?

What We're Doing Isn't Working -- We Have to Do More of It

Saith the President-elect, or perhaps we should call him the President-in-dress-up:

“Some of the choices that we make are going to be difficult,” Mr. Obama said. “And I have said before, and I will repeat again: It is not going to be quick, and it is not going to be easy for us to dig ourselves out of the hole that we are in, but America is a strong and resilient country.”

He makes the waters recede, he heals the nation, and now he digs us out of a hole. Is there nothing this man cannot do?

Inaugural Post (no pun intended)

Throughout his presidential campaign (the one that started two years ago, though it feels like 20), Barack Obama -- and more recently, his running-mate Joe Biden -- have said and done some things that have provoked chuckles among those who were paying attention. Since "those who were paying attention" doesn't include most of the establishment media, most of you probably didn't hear about them. That's why I, a patriotic American, am devoting myself for the next four years to performing the important public service of documenting, for history and posterity, the amazingly lame words and actions of our soon-to-be President and Vice President. After all, someone has to keep the egos of these two guys in check.